Libya News » Derna News Libya » Derna » Social: Flooding in Libya leaves 2,000 people feared dead and more missing after storm collapsed dams
CAIRO--Mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods in Libya that broke dams and swept away entire neighborhoods in multiple coastal towns in the east of the North African nation. As many as 2 ...
News Libya » Derna » Social: Two months after flood in Libya’s Derna, mental anguish still takes lives
Derna, Libya – About a month after floods devastated Libya’s eastern city of Derna, Dr Khaled al-Shaari was discovered by his neighbours. He had taken his own life near his flood-ravaged home. His ...
News Libya » Derna » Social: Derna survivors search for loved ones after Libyan flooding
Homes, lives and the heart of a city: The water ripped it all away. Like so many others, construction worker Mohamad Mahmoud Ismail Al-Shalwi rushed home Monday morning to check on his extended family ...
News Libya » Derna » Social: Survivors Say 60 Members of a Single Family Lost in Libyan Floods
Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 One man recounted losing almost 60 relatives in the shocking floods that cascaded through the city of Derna. Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Reuters FES, Morocco—The ...
News Libya » Derna » Social: Aid groups sound alarm in Libya as hopes fade for flood survivors
Islamic Relief and Doctors Without Borders have expressed concern that the upcoming period could see a surge in disease and make it difficult to deliver aid to those who are most at risk.
News Libya » Derna » Social: The Real Reasons the Derna Dam in Libya Broke
More than 11,000 people have been confirmed dead in the devastating floods in the Libyan city of Derna. But corporate mainstream media outlets like the BBC, the New York Times, CNN and others would ...
News Libya » Derna » Social: Survivors of Libya's deadly floods describe catastrophic scenes and tragic losses
LONDON — For Ehdaa Bujeldain, an English teacher living with her family in Bab-Tobruk, in the mountains of Derna, eastern Libya, it sounded like a bomb going off in the middle of the night. "On Sunday ...
News Libya » Derna » Social: Libya floods: The drowning of Derna was a man-made disaster decades in the making
In the early hours of September 11, residents of Derna in north-east Libya woke to the sound of loud explosions. After more than a decade of conflict—initially between the Gaddafi regime and local ...
News Libya » Derna » Social: Libya's flood-ravaged Derna struggles to cope with thousands of corpses
Thousands killed in flood on Sunday night Bodies litter streets, buried in rubble UN's WHO says mass graves may cause long-term mental pain DERNA, Libya/GENEVA, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Residents and ...
News Libya » Derna » Social: ‘Utter destruction:’ Derna left like a war zone by Libya’s catastrophic flooding
Driving into Derna in the early hours was like arriving in a ghost town. The city, decimated by flash floods that tore through homes and streets earlier this week, was eerily quiet. Even at night, ...